The 2026 Super High Roller Cash Game has concluded after three phenomenal days of high-stakes action. We saw Alan Keating lose a $1M pot on Day 1 and get in as a 24% dog against Antonio Esfandiari in a $2.44M pot on Day 2, only to get lucky on the first board and chop it up. However, Keating and his high VPIP didn’t show up for the third and final session, leading many to wonder if there would be any big action at all.
New players on Day 3
The final day of the Super High Roller Cash Game saw many new faces come out to play. Triton’s all-time winningest player, Jason Koon, briefly came to the party and recorded a relatively small $29,500 loss. Multi-time GPI Latin America Player of the Year Nacho Barbero came to play as well, but he would finish $191,000 in the red on the night. Sameh Elawady, who beat Keating in the $1M pot, also gave back $208,000 of his winnings.
However, the biggest winner of the night was Eric Wasserson, who came in ready to splash. Wasserson, who finished 5th in the WSOP Super Main Event last month for $2,350,000, VPIPed at an eye-watering 78% in the $500/$1,000/$2,000 game. That extremely high VPIP served him well in the end, as he was able to induce a massive bluff from Andrew Robl.
Hand of the night
Wasserson had been playing just about every hand, so it’s little wonder that he received so much aggression from everyone else. He had just won over $150,000 in the previous hand, stacking pocket jacks with a made two pair with nine-eight offsuit on the turn.
Playing $500/$1,000 with a $2,000 big blind ante, a $2,000 straddle, and a $4,000 double straddle, Sameh Elawady limped in with nine-seven offsuit. Wasserson raised to $16,000 with pocket aces. Robl three-bet to $80,000 with ace-three of spades. Wasserson then four-bet to $200,000, and Robl snap five-bet jammed for $851,800. Wasserson called just as fast and found himself as an 87% favorite to take down a massive $1,716,100 pot.
While they agreed to run it twice, Robl never came really close to winning either runout. The first flop came out A-Q-9 no spades, leaving Robl drawing stone dead. A three and a nine completed the board, stripping Robl of one of his outs.
The second flop was K-K-2, one spade, giving Robl an 8% chance of hitting either of his backdoor draws. The five of diamonds had Robl drawing to a four. However, it was the jack of hearts, and it was curtains for Robl.
The biggest loser
Before the start of the Super High Roller Cash Game, Robl was ranked second in all-time televised cash game winnings, having raked in nearly $10M over 112 streams, according to Highroll Poker. In fact, during last year’s Super High Roller Cash Game, Robl made off with over $784,000 over the 20-hour, three-day session.
Unfortunately, this year did not provide the same fruit. He left the table after he was stacked by Wasserson, down $1,540,300 on Day 3 alone. Given that players started with relatively meager stacks of $200,000 to $300,000, the balance transfer from Robl was undoubtedly shocking.
Robl only won $18,000 on Day 1 and another $284,000 on Day 2, but his Day 3 performance made him the biggest loser of the Super High Roller Cash Game, finishing the three-day marathon $1,238,300 in the red.
The biggest winner
Despite only playing for a single session, Wasserson, who won his maiden WSOP bracelet in 2024, claimed the Super High Roller Cash Game title. In a little under seven hours of play, Wasserson won an insane $1,759,800. All the more impressive for Wasserson, considering he had only been on six live cash game streams in his career, having previously booked $100,000 in winnings. Out of nowhere, he has become one of the 20 winningest televised cash-game poker players of all time.
Antonio Esfandiari played just once, on Day 2, and made out with an incredible $676,000. Justin Gavri played all three sessions and came out on the right side of things, winning $537,500 over the 20 hours of play.
Despite losing $686,000 on Day 1, Keating came back with an $886,500 win on Day 2 to finish his 2026 Super High Roller Cash Game up just over $200,000.
